With the opener less than a month away I was wondering, of all the crazies, who is the first to head up? I know that we are pretty close to being the first but Grouch do you hit the lake before us? We hit the water May 23rd. When is everyone else heading up? It's almost time for REPORTS!!!

I am hitting the opener in Michigan tomorrow night. I will post a report ASAP just to help get the blood flowing a bit!

I started looking over my gear last weekend. Trying to get an idea of what I'm going to bring. Trying not to forget anything for the boat this year in particular.

Grouch. According to some friends up there, this is one of the earliest ice-outs they've seen in years up there. So the water temps are a lot warmer, and the weeds should probably be a LOT farther along then they were when you were there last year. They need some rain too... but there's time for that.